"Open the Eyes of My Heart"

hey Dave, great version of this. singing is excellent. musically is fine, there may be a little tuning anomaly between the acoustic and the chiming synth though which is a little annoying. nice change up in the chorus.

Yeaup I'm familiar. Sounds really good. What's the signal chain on that singer?

I may go 3 part on some of the holy's that are currently 2 part.

00:56 - 01:05 needs pitch correction! Otherwise everything sounds nice... nice voice tone too!
 
Maybe a couple of easy-listening acoustic or electric guitar licks after each line vocal in the choruses? More voices too.... I agree.
 
I like how the song winds down too... very peaceful. Nice job!
 
 

Kiki – thanks for your ears; I’ll double-check the vocal pitch. I was also thinking about some simple guitar licks after the vocals lines in the chorus, to fill those spaces. I’ll wait for sure until after more harmonies are added (if they are) to decide what works best. I was happy with the “winding down” part, too – glad you liked it!
 
Herb – I think the issue with the synth bells (that are part of a Dimension Pro pad) is that they keep ringing out as the guitar changes to the next chord. I’ll have to mess with that. The bass is playing the right notes on the chorus (there are only 4 of them ) so I’m not sure what you’re hearing there. Glad you like his voice, cuz I’ll have about 9 more song that I’ll need input on before it’s all over!!

krsongs


00:56 - 01:05 needs pitch correction! Otherwise everything sounds nice... nice voice tone too!
 
Maybe a couple of easy-listening acoustic or electric guitar licks after each line vocal in the choruses? More voices too.... I agree.
 
I like how the song winds down too... very peaceful. Nice job!
 
 

yeah, I don't agree at all. The harmonic of his voice may not sound full for those notes, but I don't hear them being inordinately flat or sharp.

rockinrobby


"but I don't hear them being inordinately flat or sharp. "


I used to date a girl who was inordinately flat :-( 

I should have dated her, because I'm not too sharp.
 
 

Never heard it this way.  I got so sick of this song a few years ago I couldn't stand it.  Last year I started doing it now and then.  I'm always so short of upbeat songs, though, I'm not sure I'd do it this way.  BUT, who cares what I'd do?  lol  I think you did a great job with this and yes, he's a great singer.  This is a great version of this and maybe we'll just try it sometime.  :-)  Can't wait to hear the rest of your songs. 

Does the Blueberry mic being Blue really make a big difference? 

Thanks for the listen, Paulo! I agree on more contrast on the choruses - I'll try to get those extra harmonies added and see if that does the trick or if it needs something more.

Janet - yeah we are trying to pick songs that we don't normally do in church, and I think the reason we don't do it in church anymore is the band director got sick of it (before Heath & I joined the band). I do like the song, but we also picked it partially because it would be easy! And the mic does definitely help, but only when singing the blues.

Thanks Radio - I think my avatar should be on literature for dental schools or something...

rockinrobby


"but I don't hear them being inordinately flat or sharp. "


I used to date a girl who was inordinately flat :-( 


(couldn't sing)

I knew a girl who was very flat, but had a beautiful voice... though I never got a chance to "date" her.
 
Her name was Karen Carpenter.

Definitely one of my fav songs, and still in rotation at my church.   I like the slow version, but still feel like there's a bit of punch missing when the chorus kicks in.  Maybe I'm just used to it live though.

All in all though, very nice job.

Great song... well done. Nice vocals. Nice full sounding mix. +1 on added harmonies!

Thanks for all of the responses! We are adding 2 soprano harmonies to the choruses (and possibly the bridge) so I think that will help.

Yes, Larry, that's me on all the instruments.

We've got vocals recorded on 6 songs now - the project is going really well but I've got a lot of mixin' to do!!